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votive offering
;
ear-ornament
Object Type
votive offering
ear-ornament
Museum number
Am1997,Q.1842
Description
Votive object; carved of jade; in the form of circular ear-flare with hole at centre.
Cultures/periods
Classic Maya
(?)
Late Preclassic Maya
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tzimin Kax
(?)
Excavated/Findspot:
Hatzcap Ceel
(?)
Excavated/Findspot:
Cahal Pichik
(?)
Materials
jade
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
1.80 centimetres
Width:
2 centimetres
Depth:
0.90 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Thompson 1931 / Archaeological Investigations in the Southern Cayo District, British Honduras
Location
Not on display
Acquisition notes
Found in Americas collections in 1997 apparently unnumbered and unregistered. Means and date of acquisition uncertain; (collected by J.E.S.Thompson, 1930).
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1997,Q.1842
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
172
(Thompson number?)